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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What two animals did Dinesen and Denys come upon on New Year's Day?
(a) Lions.
(b) Antelope.
(c) Elephants.
(d) Tigers.
2. What did Dinesen try to do after Bror left?
(a) Start a jewelry company.
(b) Sell the farm.
(c) Open a safari business.
(d) Run the coffee plantation.
3. What role did Dinesen play in her relationship with Bjornvig?
(a) She dominated him.
(b) She babied him.
(c) She financially supported him.
(d) She abused him.
4. Who was Thorkild Bjornvig?
(a) Dinesen's close friend.
(b) Dinesen's gardener.
(c) Dinesen's accountant.
(d) Dinesen's chauffeur.
5. What did Dinesen become addicted to in the 1950s?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Amphetamines.
(d) Heroin.
6. How did Denys die?
(a) Plane crash.
(b) Terminal illness.
(c) Gunshot wound.
(d) Animal attack.
7. Which of the following was NOT something that made Bjornvig leave Dinesen?
(a) Her sense of humor.
(b) Her manipulations.
(c) Her mood swings.
(d) Her criticism.
8. What country did 7,200 Jews evacuate to during the war?
(a) Kenya.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) America.
(d) Sweden.
9. What type of surgery did Dinesen have in 1955?
(a) Hip.
(b) Heart.
(c) Spine.
(d) Foot.
10. What was Dinesen forced to do in December of 1930?
(a) Auctioned the plantation.
(b) Borrow money from her father.
(c) Cut back on coffee production.
(d) Have gallbladder surgery.
11. Unresolved conflicts in Dinesen's life created ____________________.
(a) her mood swings.
(b) her suicide attempt.
(c) her divorce.
(d) her business failure.
12. Sometimes women who competed with men were considered to be ___________________.
(a) losers.
(b) over achievers.
(c) lesbians.
(d) role models.
13. In Dinesen's book "Out of Africa", who kills the animals in #112?
(a) She kills both of them.
(b) Denys kills both of them.
(c) She kills one and Denys kills one.
(d) The safari guide kills both of them.
14. Dinesen was ___________________ in the classic sense.
(a) Contemporary.
(b) Gothic.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Spiritual.
15. What did Denys spend much of his time doing?
(a) Adventuring.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Building.
(d) Writing.
Short Answer Questions
1. Many of Dinesen's stories during this period address ______________________.
2. What did most of Dinesen's fans think she was?
3. When did Dinesen return to the coffee plantation after the trip with Denys?
4. What type of work kept Denys busy in 1928?
5. What disease was Dinesen suffering from when she left Africa?
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